One of the finest cinematographers working in British film talks to us about his latest project, a gripping, gruelling Yorkshire-Asian noir
When you look at the crew of a film shoot, which one would you like to be?” asks Robbie Ryan. “I tell you cinematographer. As Orson Welles said: ‘You get in late and you get out early.’ You don’t do the prep and you don’t do any of the post. You just do the shoot, and that’s a buzz that is really addictive.”
Ryan should know: he’s a cinematographer whose reputation grows with every project. Having made his name working alongside Andrea Arnold, he has in recent years worked with Ken Loach and, on the Oscar-nominated Philomena, with Stephen Frears. He brings extraordinary intimacy to his camerawork, creating a bond between viewer and subject that is at once seductive and entirely rooted in realism. His unflinching but lyrical collaborations with Arnold have made him one of the most highly rated directors of photography (DPs) in the UK. The wiry Irishman also loves a music video, and memorably captured Jake Gyllenhaal stabbing hipsters in the eye with a fencing foil in a promo for French band the Shoes.
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